by Noah Larsen | Oct 31, 2025 | CAHPS Updates, Patient Experience
Explore tips for administering CMS’ Psychiatric Inpatient Experience (PIX) survey and maximizing participation. Topics discussed include: Should we ask all patients in our department to do the survey? Which patients are eligible? How should we administer the...
by Noah Larsen | Oct 29, 2025 | CAHPS Updates, Patient Experience
Explore best practices for CAHPS for MIPS survey dimensions compiled by PRC’s CAHPS® experts. Survey Question: In the last 6 months, did you and anyone on your health care team talk about how much your prescription medications cost? Why it Matters: Discussing...
by Noah Larsen | Sep 16, 2025 | CAHPS Updates, Patient Experience
In April 2025, CMS implemented updates to their CAHPS® Hospice survey for families of deceased patients. The changes sought to make the survey more concise and question wording clearer, while also adjusting the survey modes and administration to strengthen data...
by Noah Larsen | Sep 3, 2025 | CAHPS Updates, Patient Experience
Updated September 2025 One of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) newest studies for measuring patient experience, the Psychiatric Inpatient Experience (PIX) Survey explores the care experience specific to inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF) as part...
by Noah Larsen | Aug 13, 2025 | CAHPS Updates, Patient Experience
While CMS has set the timeline for the onset of public reporting for the January 2025 measure updates, it has not yet announced an official date for releasing achievement thresholds and benchmarks for these new measures. The following reflects PRC’s anticipated...
by Noah Larsen | Aug 13, 2025 | CAHPS Updates, Patient Experience
PRC Norm Benchmarks for New HCAHPS Measures Now Released on PRC EasyView® National percentile comparative data for the new dimensions will be available from PRC, based on published Care Compare data, by the end of calendar year 2026. PRC produced early national norms...
